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U.S. Ark of Taste

Beverages
American Artisanal Cider
Hand Crafted Root Beer
Shrub
Greenthread tea
Bronx Grapes
Charbono Grape of California
Napa Gamay/Valdiguie Grape of California
Norton Grape

Grains/Cereals
Chapalote Corn
Roy’s Calais Flint Corn
Tuscarora White Corn
Chicos
Anishinaabeg Manoomin
Carolina Gold Rice
New Orleans French Bread

Cheeses
Creole Cream Cheese
Dry Monterey Jack Cheese

Fruits
American Heirloom Apples
Capitol Reef Apple
Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple

Blenheim Apricot

Popenoe Avocado
Puebla Avocado

Bronx Grapes
Charbono Grape of California
Napa Gamay/Valdiguie Grape of California
Norton Grape

Meyer Lemon of California's Central Coast

Crane Melon

California Mission Olive

Inland Empire Old-Grove Orange

Pawpaw

Baby Crawford peach
Fay Elberta Peach
Oldmixon Free peach
Rio Oso Gem peach
Silver Logan peach
Sun Crest peach

American Heirloom Pears

Beaver Dam Pepper
Bull Nose Large Bell Pepper
Fish pepper
Hinkelhatz Hot Pepper
Jimmy Nardello's Sweet Italian Frying Pepper
New Mexico Native Chiles
Sheepnose Pimiento
Wenk's Yellow Hot Pepper
Chiltepin Chile

American Persimmon
Japanese Massaged Dried Persimmon

American Wild Plum
Elephant Heart plum
Inca plum
Laroda plum
Mariposa plum
Padre plum

Meech’s Prolific quince

Louisiana Satsuma

Algonquin Squash
Amish Pie squash
Boston Marrow squash
Green-striped Cushaw squash
Sibley squash

Native American Strawberry
Louisiana Heritage Strawberry

Pixie Tangerine of Ojai Valley

New Mexico Native Tomatillo

Amish Paste tomato
Aunt Molly's Husk tomato (aka Ground Cherry)
Aunt Ruby's German Green tomato
Burbank tomato
Chalk’s Early Jewel Tomato
Cherokee Purple tomato
Djena Lee’s Golden Girl Tomato
German Pink tomato
Livingston’s Globe Tomato
Livingston’s Golden Queen Tomato
Orange Oxheart tomato
Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifter Tomato
Red Fig Tomato
Sheboygan Tomato
Sudduth Strain Brandywine tomato
Valencia Tomato

Moon & Stars watermelon
Yellow-Meated watermelon

Herbs & Spices
Traditional Sea Salt from Hawaii (Alaea)
Desert Oregano
Handmade File

Meat & Poultry
American Plains Bison

Corriente Cattle
Florida Cracker Cattle
American Milking Devon Cattle
Pineywoods Cattle

Buckeye Chicken
Delaware Chicken
Dominique Chicken
Java chicken
Jersey Giant Chicken
New Hampshire Chicken
"Old Type" Rhode Island Red Chicken
Plymouth Rock Chicken
Wyandotte Chicken

Spanish goat
Tennessee Myotonic goat

American Buff Goose
Cotton Patch Goose
Pilgrim Goose

Guinea Hog
Mulefoot Hog
Ossabaw Island Hog
Red Wattle Hog

American Rabbit
American Chinchilla Rabbit
Blanc de Hotot Rabbit
Giant Chinchilla Rabbit
Silver Fox Rabbit

Gulf Coast Sheep
Navajo-Churro Sheep
Tunis Sheep

American Bronze Turkey
Black Turkey
Bourbon Red Turkey
Jersey Buff or Buff Turkey
Midget White Turkey
Narragansett Turkey
Royal Palm Turkey
Slate Turkey

Meat Products
New Orleans Daube Glacé
Southern Louisiana Hog's Head Cheese
Southern Louisiana Ponce
Southern Louisiana Traditional Tasso

Nuts
American Butternut
American Chestnut
American Native Pecan
Emory Oak "Bellota" Acorns
Nevada Single Leaf Pinyon
Shagbark Hickory Nut

Pulses (beans, peas & lentils)
Arikara Yellow Bean
Bolita Bean
Brown and White Tepary Bean
Cherokee Trail of Tears Bean
Christmas Lima Bean
Crowder Cowpeas (Mississippi Silver Hull bean)
Four Corners Gold Bean
Hidatsa Red bean
Hidatsa Shield Figure bean
Hopi Mottled Lima Bean
Hutterite Soup Bean
Jacob’s Cattle Bean
Lina Cisco's Bird Egg Bean
Marrowfat Bean
Mayflower bean
Mesquite Pod Flour
O'odham Pink Bean
Petaluma Gold Rush Bean
Rio Zape Bean
Santa Maria Pinquitos Bean
Sea Island Red Peas
Southern Field Peas
Turkey Craw Bean
True Red Cranberry Bean
Yellow Indian Woman Bean

Fish & Shellfish
Bay Scallop
Delaware Bay oyster
Geoduck
Louisiana oyster
Olympia oyster
Washington Marbled Chinook Salmon
Wild catfish
Wild Gulf Coast shrimp

Vegetables
Early Blood Turnip-rooted Beet

Lorz Italian garlic
Inchelium Red garlic

Amish Deer Tongue lettuce
Grandpa Admire's lettuce
Speckled lettuce
Tennis Ball lettuce (black seeded)

I'itoi onion

Green Mountain potato
Ivis White Cream sweet potato
Ozette potato

Gilfeather Turnip

Wines & Vinegars
Charbono Grape of California
Napa Gamay/Valdiguie Grape of California
Norton Grape
Wine Vinegar—Orleans Method

Prepared Foods
Poi: Kalo
American Artisanal Sauerkraut
Roman Taffy Candy

Other
Guajillo Honey
Tupelo Honey
Alaskan Birch syrup
Traditional Cane Syrup
Traditional Sorghum syrup

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Ark of Taste
Saving Cherished Slow Foods, One Product at a Time

AMERICAN RAW MILK FARMSTEAD CHEESE

In 2003, Slow Food USA inaugurated the American Raw Milk Farmstead Cheese Consortium by conducting a cheese tasting and evaluation at the French Culinary Institute in New York. Farmstead cheeses can be defined as having been produced on the cheesemaker's property, using only milk from his or her own animals. The farmstead cheeses represented by the Consortium are produced largely by hand, and reflect the connection between the land, the animals, and the cheesemaker.

hrough the Consortium, Slow Food intends to raise awareness of American farmstead cheeses - particularly those made from raw milk, which according to regulations must be aged a minimum of 60 days - and to serve as a resource to the producers, who face the daily challenges of maintaining their farms, tending to their animals, and finding the time to make cheese.

Current members of the Consortium include:

NEW ENGLAND

1797 Farm
337 Fickett Road
Auburn, ME 04210
(207) 786 - 4688
www.1797farm.com

Blythedale Farm
Cookeville Road
Corinth, VT 05039
(802) 439 - 6575
www.vtcheese.com

Bonnieview Farm
2228 South Albany Road
Crafsbury Common, VT 05827
(802) 755 - 6878
www.vtcheese.com

Cato Corner Farm
178 Cato Corner Road
Colchester, CT 06415
(860) 537 - 3884
www.newenglandcheese.com

Cobb Hill Cheese
5 Linden Road
Hartland, VT 05048
(802) 436 - 1246
www.vtcheese.com

Doe's Leap
1703 Rt. 108 South
East Fairfield, VT 05448
(802) 827 - 3046
www.vtcheese.com

Green Mountain Blue Cheese
2183 Gore Road
Highgate Center, VT 05459
(802) 868 - 4193
www.vtcheese.com

Jasper Hill Farm
884 Garvin Hill Road
Greensboro, VT 05841
(802) 533 - 2566

Lakes End Cheeses
215 West Shore Road
Alburg, VT 05440
(802) 796 - 3730
www.lakesendcheeses.com

Major Farm
875 Patch Road
Putney, VT 05346
(802) 387 - 4473
www.vermontshepherd.com

Neighborly Farms of Vermont
1362 Curtis Road
Randolph Center, VT 05061
(802) 728 - 4700
www.neighborlyfarms.com

Orb Weaver Farm
3406 Limekiln Road
New Haven, VT 05472
(802) 877 - 3755
www.vtcheese.com

Shelburne Farms
1611 Harbor Road
Shelburne, VT 05482
(802) 985 - 8686
www.shelburnefarms.org

Willow Hill Farm, LLC
313 Hardscrabble Road
Milton, VT 05468
(802) 893 - 2963
www.sheepcheese.com

Woodcock Farms
10 Turner Road
Weston, VT 05161
(802) 824 - 6135
www.vtcheese.com


MID-ATLANTIC

Farmersville Cheeses LLC
PO Box 502
Oldwick, NJ 08858
(201) 653 - 6330
www.farmersvillecheeses.com

Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese Company
5500 Route 79
Trumansburg, NY 14886
(607) 387 - 3108

Highfield Dairy Farm
263 Corner Road
Big Cove Tannery, PA 17212
(717) 485 - 5792

Keswick Creamery
114 Lesher Road
Newburg, PA 17240
(717) 423 - 6758


SOUTHEAST

Capriole
10329 New Cut Road
Grenville, IN 47124
(812) 923 - 9408
www.capriolegoatcheese.com

Everona Dairy
23246 Clarks Mountain Road
Rapidan, VA 22733
(540) 854 - 4159

Goat Lady Dairy
3515 Hess Hackett Road
Climax, NC 27233
(336) 824 - 2163
www.goatladydairy.com

La Chevriere at Sullivan Pond Farm
1754 Mill Creek Road
Wake, VA 23176
(804) 776 - 0759
www.lachevriere.com

Meadow Creek Dairy
6724 Meadow Creek Road
Galax, VA 24333
(276) 236 - 2776
www.meadowcreekdairy.com

Sweet Grass Dairy
19635 US Highway 19N
Thomasville, GA 31792
(229) 227 - 0752
www.sweetgrassdairy.com

Sweet Home Farm
27107 Schoen Road
Elberta, AL 36530
(251) 986 - 5663

Yellow Branch Farm
136 Yellow Branch Circle
Robbinsville, NC 28771
(828) 479 - 6710
www.yellowbranch.com


GREAT LAKES

Lovetree Farmstead Cheese
12413 Country Road Z
Grantsburg, WI 54840
(715) 488 - 2966
www.lovetreefarmstead.com

Steve-n-Sons Sustenance
14238 60th Avenue
Coopersville, MI 49404
(616) 997 - 1306


CALIFORNIA

Bellwether Farms
9999 Valley Ford Road
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 763 - 0993
www.bellwethercheese.com

Bravo Farms
34292 Road 124
Visalia, CA 93291
(559) 627 - 3525

Fagundes Old-World Cheese
8700 Fargo Avenue
Hanford, CA 93230
(559) 582 - 2000
www.oldworldcheese.com

Pedrozo Dairy and Cheese Company
713 County Road 24
Orland, CA 95963
(530) 865 - 9548
www.pedrozodairycheese.com

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company
PO Box 9
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
(415) 663 - 8880
www.pointreyescheese.com

Redwood Hill Farm
5480 Thomas Road
Sebastopol, CA 95472
(707) 823 - 8250
www.redwoodhill.com

Three Sisters Farmstead Cheese
23801 Road 180
Lindsay, CA 93247
(559) 562 - 2132
www.threesisterscheese.com

Winchester Cheese Company
32605 Holland Road
Winchester, CA 92596
(909) 926 - 4239
www.winchestercheese.com


NORTHWEST

Juniper Grove Farm
2024 SW 58th St
Redmond, OR 97756
(541) 923 - 8353

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